HIV Treatment

FDA-Approved HIV Medicines

(Last updated 9/27/2016; last reviewed 9/9/2016)

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Treatment with HIV medicines is called antiretroviral therapy (ART). ART is recommended for everyone with HIV. People on ART take a combination of HIV medicines (called an HIV regimen) every day. A person's initial HIV regimen generally includes three HIV medicines from at least two different drug classes.

ART can’t cure HIV, but HIV medicines help people with HIV live longer, healthier lives. HIV medicines also reduce the risk of HIV transmission.

The following table lists HIV medicines approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of HIV infection in the United States. The HIV medicines are listed according to drug class and identified by generic and brand names. Click on a drug name to view information on the drug from the AIDSinfo Drug Database. Or download the AIDSinfo Drug Database app to view the information on your Apple or Android devices.